Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): RWB Opposed (Development)

Initial Pitch Layout

Organisation

4 Pitches of 22 x 18 (Dilleratly big to allow topic to stand out) yards to be set up. Traffic cones used as goals.

Bibs to be placed on pitches ready for players to put on straight away.

6 footballs to be placed next to each pitch.

Session Learning Objectives

Technical

Ball Manipulation

Driving the Ball

Tactical

Awareness on the Ball

Exploiting Space

Decision Making (Attacking)

Physical

Speed

Acceleration

Deceleration

Coordination

Balance

Endurance

Psyco-soacial

Listening Skills

Accepting Decisions

Respecting the Environment

Discipline & Self Discipline

Managing Mistakes

Accepting Responsibility

Problem Solving

Self Confidence

Consistency & Relentlessness

Warm Up (10 mins)

Organisation

Staying in the same area of 22x18

Players are now to be put into pairs within their group.

1 football between each pair.

Spare football placed around the outside.

The Practice

A player from each pair starts with a ball and dribbles around the area attempting to keep the ball away from their partner. If their partner wins the ball then the roles are reversed. Players should be encouraged to be creative in possesion and to look for open spaces to dribble in to.

Progressions:

Make the drill competitive - The player in possesion after 30 seconds scores a point. Play best of 3 then swap partners.

Key Coaching Points:

Close control when in tight space

RWB into space to get away from defender (bigger touches)

Changes of pace

Use differsnt parts of feet.

Main Practice (20 mins)

Organisation

Split original pitches into 2 vertically down the centre.

4 attackers & 2 defenders.

Defenders placed on cone in the centre as shown in diagram. (cones either side to allow better perception in progression.)

Working as a continoues rotating practice.

Each attacker to have a ball with spares around the outside

The Practice

Simultaneously, the attackers are to dribble up to the defender & then drive the ball around them.

The defender can only take 1 step off the cone.

Once the attacker gets past & over the line they must rotate around to the back of the other que... as shown in diagram.

Defenders are to be rotated every 2 minuetes.

Progression

Defender can now move off the cone but must only move across the middle line.

Key Coaching Points

Close contol upto defender

Big touvhes past to change pace & get away quick

Timing of movement, going to early will allow defeder to shuffle, going to lte will allow them to tackle.